Season 2 (1971)

The Bird and ...Um ...Bess
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September 18, 1971 • 25m

In the second-season premiere, after Mary Richards produces a ""What's Your Sexual IQ?"" documentary for the Six O'Clock News, Rho...Read more

I Am Curious Cooper
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September 25, 1971 • 25m

Mary is intrigued by the voice of Lou Grant's friend, Mike Cooper, and asks to be set up with him. Lou breaks his policy of not ma...Read more

He's No Heavy . . . He's My Brother
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October 2, 1971 • 25m

Mary and Rhoda take an unplanned vacation to Mexico but have to do a strange favor for a Mexican restaurant owner for reservations.

Room 223
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October 9, 1971 • 25m

Mary and Rhoda enroll in a night school course in journalism and Mary begins dating the lecturer.

A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend
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October 16, 1971 • 25m

When Ida, Rhoda's mother, visits, she sees how well Phyllis and Bess get on, and how closely Mary appears to her mother when they ...Read more

Cover Boy
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October 23, 1971 • 25m

Jack Cassidy guest stars as professional model Hal Baxter, who comes to visit his brother Ted at WJM-TV. Immediately, the two eng...Read more

Didn't You Used to Be . . . Wait . . . Don't Tell Me
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October 30, 1971 • 25m

Mary attends her high school reunion and meets up with her former boyfriend Howard Arnell, who continues to have feelings for Mary...Read more

Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary
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November 6, 1971 • 25m

The writing and technical unions go on strike, leaving only Lou, Mary, and Ted in the newsroom. WJM-TV makes Lou be second camera...Read more

And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter
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November 13, 1971 • 25m

Ted is forced to take a vacation and the anchorman hired to sit in for him becomes a huge success.

Don't Break the Chain
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November 20, 1971 • 25m

Mary gets a chain letter from Lou, and she is persuaded to send it on. To her surprise, one of the recipients comes for a visit, g...Read more

The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch
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November 27, 1971 • 25m

Mary, Rhoda and Lou go to a John Wayne movie, where they spot Lou's son-in-law with an unknown woman.

. . . Is a Friend in Need
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December 4, 1971 • 25m

Rhoda loses her job as a window-dresser and isn't in a hurry to find something new. When there is a job opening at WJM-TV, Mary li...Read more

The Square-Shaped Room
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December 11, 1971 • 25m

When Edie is out of town, Lou hires Rhoda to redecorate his living room. However, Rhoda's tastes are too modern.

Ted Over Heels
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December 18, 1971 • 25m

After Ted appears on the Chuckles the Clown Show, he falls in love with Chuckles' daughter.

The Five-Minute Dress
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January 1, 1972 • 25m

After volunteering some of her spare time for a worthy cause, Mary begins dating the Governor's aide. Unfortunately, the aide's du...Read more

Feeb
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January 8, 1972 • 25m

An incompetent waitress is fired after Mary complains about her poor service and Mary feels obliged to hire her when she applies f...Read more

The Slaughter Affair
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January 15, 1972 • 25m

Murray takes on a night job as a cab driver in order to save up and buy his wife Marie a new car for their 10th wedding anniversar...Read more

Baby Sit-Com
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January 22, 1972 • 25m

Mary agrees to babysit Bess for the weekend, but then a former boyfriend, in town for a few days, asks her out. When she can't fin...Read more

More Than Neighbors
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January 29, 1972 • 25m

After being persuaded by Phyllis, Ted moves into a vacant apartment below Mary's but Mary and Rhoda are not thrilled by the prospect.

The Care and Feeding of Parents
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February 5, 1972 • 25m

Bess gets top marks for a report she wrote for school, and Phyllis pressures her to write a book based on it, calling on Mary for help.

Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda
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February 12, 1972 • 25m

When Rhoda's apartment is destroyed by fire, she moves in with Mary. The two find that while they are best friends, they make awful roommates.

You Certainly Are a Big Boy
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February 19, 1972 • 25m

Mary begins dating an architect and is astonished to learn that his son is only six years younger than she is.

Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda
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February 26, 1972 • 25m

Through a minor car accident, Mary befriends a young woman, Joanne. Rhoda becomes jealous when Mary spends more time with Joanne b...Read more

His Two Right Arms
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March 4, 1972 • 25m

Mary gets city councilman Pete Peterson to appear on Face the People and discovers that he is completely incompetent. She and his ...Read more